Grain-harvesting machine.



J. B. W. DEEDS. GRAIN HARVESTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 5, 1909. 93 1,575. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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'JAMEs B. w. DEEDSLTOF G EN ELDER, KANSAS.

emmmawsme MACHINE.

Application filed Karchli, 1909. Serial No. 481,267.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. w. DEEDS, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at 'Grlen,

Elder, inthe county of Mitchell and State'of' Kansas, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Grain-Harvesting Machines andI do declare the following tobe-a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilledin the art to which'it' appertains to "make and use thesame. This invention relates to improvements in grain harvesters and particularly. to the class of harvestersjin which the heads are cut {from the standing grain while the machine is fprt fiplled over the field.

eobject of the invention is 90 Provide s. machine of thischaracter having animproved construction and arrangementof op-.

erating and pro ellin'g mechanism and means whereby t e propelling mechanism maybe. quickly and easily reversed, means being also provided for throwingthe operat ing mocha vating mechanism.

no out of engagement with the mechanism.- f With t e foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features --of construction, combination and arran 'ement of parts, as will be more fully descri ed andparticularlypointed out in the p endedclaim.

n the accompanying-drawings.'Fignre 1 1s a plan view of a harvesting machine constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale of the reversing clutches; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken-on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view on an enlarged scale of the operating connections forv the conveyer and ele-' Referring more particularly to theidrawings, 1 denotes the main supporting frame of the machine, said frame comprising a series of longitudinally disposed bars 2 which are connected, at their opposite ends by front and rear cross bars 3.

I Between the two outer sidebars at each end of the frame 1s arranged a traction wheel 4, said traction 7 wheel being mounted on short shafts 5 ]0UI naled in suitable bearings 6 on the bars 2 of the frame.

On the rear end of the frame 1 is a rearwardly projecting extension frame 7, in the outer end of which is arranged the usual steering wheel 8. On the end bars 2 of the Specification of Letters Patent.

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ame are arranged upwardly projecting standards on'the upper ends of which is s'ec'ureda cross beam 9, said beam having connected thereto aseries of brace rods 10, the lower ends of which are secured to the bars of the mainframe thereby bracingand supporting .the'samet.

On the' front end of the mainframe is ar-.

ranged the usual sickle bar 12 and co'nveyer mechamsm 13' whereby the severed heads of the grains are conveyed to the elevating mechanism 14 arranged at one end of the conveyingmechanism, as shown. The elevatmg mechanism is hmgedly connectedjo the end of the conveying mechanism in any suitable' manner and is supported at its 'up- 'per'end and adapted to beraised or lowered to the desired'elevation by means of a raising and lowering cable 1 5 which is connected at one end to a post 16 and engages a loop 17 on the elevator frame and from thence extends tothe rear end of the extension frame 7 where it is secured'to a post or standard 18 g convenient reach of the operator standing on the rear platform 19 of the machine- Arranged in suitable position on the frame -1 is a motor which is here shown and is preferably in'the form of 1a gasolene engine20.

transmitting shafts 22 which are revolubly' mounted in suitably hearings in each side of the frame, as shown. On the shafts 22 are loosely mountedspur gear wheels 23 and sprocket gears 24. The gear wheels 23 are directly engaged with spur pinions 25 on the main drive shaft 21, while the sprocket gears 24 are connected by chains 26 to sprocket pinions 27, also fixedly mounted on the main drive shaft 21. the gears 23 and 24 with the main drive shaft. oneof said gears will be driven in one direction and the other in the opposite dire ction. On the shafts 22 between the gears 23 and 24 is keyed to slide a clutch sleeve28.

By thus connecting.

- The clutch sleeves 28 are connected at their the-extension frame and is oppgsite ends by links 29 to clutch shoes 30 which are pivotally mounted on the outerv endsof supporting bars 31 loose on the shafts 22. The clutch shoes 30 are adapted to be thrown into and out of frictional engagement with clutch rings or bands 32 secured on the innerfaccs of the sprocket gears 24 and spur gears 23 whereby when the sleeve 28 1s shlfted in one direction or the other, the clutch shoes will be tightened against the clutch ring of one of-said gears and released from engagement with the other, thereby connecting one or the other of the gears tothe power transmitting shafts 22. When the spur gears 23' are thus connected with the shafts 22, said shafts will be driven in one direction andwhen the sprocket gears 24 are thus connected to the shafts 22, the

latter will be driven in the opposite direction.

'With the clutch sleeves 28 are operatively engaged suitable shifting levers 33 which are pivotallyfmountedon the frame 31 and to the opposite. ends. of the levers 33 are con nected o crating .rods 34and 34 which extend .bac tothe rear. portion of the extension frame 7. The lever operating rods .34

and 34. of the leveron one side;of the ma chine are connected to'a' hand lever35 which is operatively moun'ted in the rear portion-of provided with a segmental rack 36 for holding the shifting lever in the desired position. The operating rods -34and 34 of the clutch sleeve on the S5.

opposite side of the machine extend back to t e rear end of the extension frame 7-and are connectedwith ahand' lever 37 which is piv oted in saidrear end of the extension frame and is ada ted toengage a segmental rack 38 whereby the clutch sleeve on this side of the machine isheld in its adjusted position.

On the shafts 22 in the opposite sides of the machine are mounted sprocket gears 39- which are connected bysprocket chains 40 to sp1 ocket gears 41 on counter shafts 42 whic the forward portion of the frame 1, as shown. On the outer endsof the shafts 41 are fixedly mounted s rocket gear inions 43 which are connected y sprocketc ains 44 to sprocket gears 45 secured to the hubs of the traction wheels 4, as shown. By thus connecting the traction wheels with the driving mechanism, the machine may be propelled and by means of the reversing clutch mechanisms hereinbefore described, the machine may be propelled in a forward or backward direction, as desired. -The sprocket chains 40 and 44 are preferably provided with chain tightening devices 46:.by' means of which the slack in the chains may be readily taken u or adjusted.

On the power transmittings aft 22 in the left and side of the frame is fixedly mounted a sprocket gear inion 47 which is connected by a sprocket c ain 48 to a sprocket pinion are journaledinysuitable bearings on and adjacent to the shaft 57.

is provided with a spring to normally holdthe same into engagement with the clutch member 51 and is adapted to'be disconnected from said clutch member 51 to throw the sh aft out of gear by means of a bell crank shifting lever 53 which'is pivotally mounted V on the frame 1, as shown, and is connected to a hand lever 54 arranged on the extena sion 7 of the frame within convenient reach of the operator.

On the outer end of the shaft 50 is fixedly mounted a bevel gear 55 which is in operative engagement with a bevel gear pinion 56 'mounted on a short shaft .57 journaled in suitable bearings on the end of the frame, as

shown. The shaft 57 is connected by a universal joint 58 with a' ower transmitting shaft 59, the opposite ends of which are connected by a universal joint 60 to'a sickle op erating shaft 61 by means of which the sickle i's-reciproeated at the forward'end of the machine. The shaft 59 is preferably formed in detachable" sections, one of whichis in the form of a socket 62 to'receive the squared end of the other section of the shaft. On the sickle operating "shaft "61. is arranged. a

sprocket gear 63 which is connected by a sprocketchain 64 to a sprocket gear 65 on the means of which the conveyer 13 is operated.

end 'of a conveyer operating shaft 66 by On the rear end of the shaft 57-is fixedly mounted a spur gear pinion 67, which is in engagement with a spur gear pinion 68' onthe rear end of a short shaft 69 mounted in suitable hearings on the frame parallel with 4 To the inner end of the shaft 69 is connected by anniversal joint 70, a power transmitting shaft 771*,

which is connected at its outer end by a universal joint 72 with an elevator operating.

shaft 73 by means of which the elevator-is operated to" elevate the heads of grain from the conveyer, to the wagon or receptacle provided to receive these-me. The shaft 71 is preferably formed in detachable sections one of'which is in the form of a socket 74 to receive the squared end of the opposite'section, whereby the shaft may be readily separated. By forming the shafts 59 and 71 in detachablesections, the sickle, conv eyerv and elevator mechanism may be readily rempved from the machine when desired.

On the frame 1 may be arranged a Water tank and a gasolene tank, which are suitably connected to the engine. The steering wheel is provided *with'the usual handle or rod 75 by means-of which themachine is steered in the desired direction.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawin gs,

thecon'structio'n and operation of the inven-' Having thus described my invention, what I claim is. r a

In a harvesting machine of the character described, a supporting frame, traction wheels revolubly mounted in said frame; a motor, an imlependent power transmitting mechanism connected with each of said traction wheels, and with said motor whereby transmitting mechanisms, a grain sic lo, a conveyer 111 the rearof the sickle an elevating'mechanism connected w th said conveyer,

; the machine ispropelled, independently operated reversing mechanisms 1n said ow'er 25 power transmitting shafts to operatively connect said sickle, conveyor and elevator mechanism with the pro ellmg mechanlsm for one of said tract-ion w eels, and a clutch mechanismto throw said power transmit- I ting shafts into and out of gear with said pro- Y i 35 v polling mechanism.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES B. W. DEEDS.v Witnesses ANDY WALKER, S. HADLEY. 

